Microsoft's Global Outage Drags On for Hours; Users Blame the 60,000 Layoffs

huangyun_122 · x · 2026-11-13

Microsoft's global service outage has gone unresolved for most of a day, drawing mockery that the company has become dysfunctional. The author links the slow fix to the previously announced plan to cut 60,000 jobs, suggesting the layoffs have gutted the teams responsible for operations and incident response.

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